Julia Cox

Email address:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Core Practice Area: CrimeCall: 2006Education: LLB (HONS) - University of the West of England (2:1), Bar Vocational Course – University of the West of England (Very Competent), Middle Temple ScholarMemberships: Criminal Bar Association, Western Circuit

Julia is an associate member of Devon Chambers with a successful criminal practise. Exclusively sepcialising in Criminal Law and has built a successful practice prosecuting and defending in the Crown Court. She is a category 3 prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service.

Julia's thorough preparation and attention to detail has meant that she has been instructed in complex cases involving drug trafficking, fraud, money laundering, serious violence and sexual offences.

Prior to joining Chambers, Julia worked for a firm of solicitors in the clinical negligence team dealing with cases involving brain injuries sustained at birth. Her experiences within this department have honed her abilities to deal with vulnerable individuals, assisting them through the trial process, whilst ensuring that the significant points are dealt with thoroughly. Julia has recently undertaken the vulnerable witness training and training in cases involving serious sexual offences.

Julia also practices Regulatory Crime and is regularly instructed by Local Authorities. In particular, Julia undertakes cases involving the unauthorised use of trademarks, consumer protection offences and food hygiene offences.

Julia has a keen interest in cases where there are issues of fitness to plead/or stand trial as well as cases involving medical evidence or clinical investigations.

Julia is the Devon and Cornwall Representative on the Western Circuit and is Chambers' Pupillage Co-ordinator. She presents seminars on behalf of Chambers for solicitors and other agencies including support workers and experts on the approach taken in the criminal courts to those who fall under the auspices of the Mental Capacity Act.

Notable or Reported Cases

General Crime

R v M - Truro Crown Court: Defence of a young man charged with serious sexual offences against a child under the age of 13. The trial involved questioning the complainant with the assistance of an intermediary.

R v C - Truro Crown Court: Defence of a man charged with armed robbery in a home. It was successfully argued that the prosecution could not rely upon the complainant's evidence, in her absence, as hearsay. It was the only evidence available of whether the robbery took place as alleged by the prosecution. As a result of the successful defence argument, the prosecution offered no evidence.

R v H,K,P,V,M and Y - Harrow Crown Court: Prosecution junior in a multi-handed money laundering case resulting from 'phishing' fraud to the value of £3million. The case involved £1.3million being processed through the defendants' bank accounts and throughthe Post Office where two of the defendants worked where funds were converted in to foreign currency.

R v K - Cardiff Crown Court: Defence junior in a case involving multi-complainant historic sexual offences against children, including offences of rape of individuals under the age of 13.

R v L - Preston Crown Court: Defence of a female charged with indecency with a child and child cruelty together with a male relative. The relative was also charged with further counts of child cruelty. The defendant was acquitted after a 10-day trial.

R v P - Plymouth Crown Court: Defence of a male charged with Attempted Robbery and Robbery. Involved investigations as to whether the defendant was capable of forming the specific intent to commit Robbery.

R v D - Truro Crown Court: Prosecution of Voyeurism offences. The defendant claimed that the videos taken were part of a photographic project he was undertaking and not for sexual gratification.

R v H - Exeter Crown Court: Successful defence of a young man charged with two incidents of exposure. Following a successful submission of no case to answer in relation to the first charge, the jury went on to acquit of the second.

R v K and P - Truro Crown Court: Defence junior in a multi-complainant historic sex case. The defendant was convicted of sexually assaulting young girls throughout the 1970s and up to 2009. A previous trial in 2005 led to a conviction of another man in relation to the offences from 1970. The case involved careful scrutiny of the previous trial papers and complex legal issues on joinder severance and bad character.

R v RJ - Plymouth Crown Court: Defending RJ, a youth. RJ pleaded guilty to one charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, two charges of causing grievous bodily harm and one charge of attempted burglary. All of the offences taking place over a period of 9 months on separate occasions. RJ was sentenced in the Crown Court as a dangerous offender and received a sentence of detention for public protection with a minimum term of 7 years imprisonment. The sentence was appealed. The appeal was successful; the Court of Appeal reduced the minimum term to 3 years imprisonment.

R v G – Plymouth Crown Court: Representing the Defendant at sentence for Possession with Intent to Supply Heroin. The Defendant was stopped entering Dartmoor Prison in possession of heroin which was to be supplied to a prisoner. Following a guilty plea at the first opportunity the Defendant received a Suspended Sentence Order.

Regulatory Crime

R v C,S and R - Plymouth Crown Court: Prosecution for offences of unauthorised use of trademarks. The case involved a Newton Hearing as to the sums received by the defendants and subsequent contested proceeds of crime act proceedings. The proceeds of crime act proceedings involved detailed consideration of the law surrounding "piercing the corporate veil".